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Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Graphic Art House of MinaLima, 26 Greek Street, Soho W1D 5DE store.minalima.com/house-ofminalima Throughout June Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, the designers behind the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie artwork, showcase their magical designs in a free exhibition. Wind your way around the narrow staircases of the four-floor house to see walls covered in prints and take a closer look at authentic movie props on loan from Warner Bros.
If you only do one thing this month… Don’t miss …Arrest and Last Days of Anne Boleyn at the Tower of London www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london To 28 August Follow the dramatic story of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, through her arrest, imprisonment, trial and execution at the Tower in this new play. From hope to hopelessness, watch Anne’s journey unfold in a live performance which will be staged twice per day. The performance, written and directed by Michael Fentiman, will follow the last 17 days of Anne’s life. After one of the most controversial courtships in history, during the course of which Henry VIII famously broke with the Catholic Church to marry her and conceive an heir, she spent the night at the Tower of London before her coronation in 1533. She returned to the Tower in 1536, accused of adultery and treason. The Last Days of Anne
Boleyn explores her tragic final days at the famous fortress, from her imprisonment and interrogation, through to her trial and execution. Performances are at 11am and 2pm every FridayTuesday in the shadow of the iconic White Tower. Included in general admission price.
Kids Club Film
Kew Gardens
Clapham Picturehouse, 76 Venn Street SW4 0AT www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Cl apham_Picturehouse Saturdays in June Movies exclusively for children and their parents and carers. Includes My Little Pony and Shaun the Sheep.
Medieval Midsummer Fayre - not to be missed
Front garden friendly Southfields (but why not create your own event near you!) 9 June Join your neighbours to create London’s first front garden friendly neighbourhood. Plant your front garden, window box or flowerbeds under your street trees to make Southfields Grid a blooming beautiful place to live. Guerilla gardening from 2pm. Enjoy a cuppa with your neighbours from 4pm. Sign up to GREEN THE GRID at www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/68MT TNM
A Child's Guide to Brutalism
The Greatest Glasshouse in the World
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre SE1 www.southbankcentre.co.uk To 1 July Explore this new display for children on brutalist architecture. Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery are both notable examples of brutalist buildings, a type of architecture popular in the 1960s. 50 years on, this style of architecture continues to excite and divide the public.
Kew Gardens, Richmond www.kew.org Throughout June Kew’s iconic Temperate House has reopened after the largest restoration in the garden’s history. Discover the story of the greatest glasshouse in the world, its long journey back to magnificence, and the 10,000 plants, many of which are rare and threatened, that call it home.
Underbelly Festival 30 The Queen's Walk, Lambeth SE1 8XX www.underbellyfestival.com Throughout June The festival returns for the 10th year with stages full of affordable circus, theatre, cabaret, comedy, music and children’s shows. June’s highlights include hilarious and interactive performances with Dick and Dom, comedian Stephen K. Amos and Circa’s thrilling circuscabaret show, Peepshow, plus Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dancehall.
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Book now! Kids Week tickets go on sale Tuesday 12th June at 10am. For the whole of August, a child aged 5 -16 can go to any participating show for free as long as they are accompanied by a full paying adult. Adults can also buy up to two extra children’s tickets at half price and there are no booking fees. https://officiallondontheatre.co m/kids-week/
At Streatham Common Rookery, Covington Way SW16 3BX Saturday 16th June From 12 noon to 6pm Annual fun filled family event in the beautiful and panoramic settings of The Rookery at the top of Streatham Common. Emmanuel The Magnificent the Jester and the Contortionists take center stage at 2.30pm for two of their acrobatic and juggling shows. Free music and dancing. A Crossbow Challenge will be on site range. Giving the young (and the not so young) Robin Hoods & Maid Marian's the opportunity to see how they would have fared as a Medieval marksmen. There will be Falconry flying and standing display, shopping opportunities of high-quality craft, magical Storytelling, Medieval FacePainting, workshops for children to create their own bow and arrows and more.. FREE for under 18s , adults £3.50 on the door. Many FREE activities or reasonably priced (from £1) to benefit all ages.
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